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welling of Roberts, on their way to Tedbury, where the Bishop was to hold a Visitation. I could not go out of the country without seeing you, said the prelate, as the farmer came to his coach door and pressed him to alight. John, asked Priest Evans, the Bishop's kinsman, is your house free to entertain such men as we are? Yes, George, said Roberts; I entertain honest men, and sometimes others. My Lord, said Evans, turning to the Bishop, John's friends are the honest men, and we are thEvans, turning to the Bishop, John's friends are the honest men, and we are the others. The Bishop told Roberts that they could not then alight, but would gladly drink with him; whereupon the good wife brought out her best beer. I commend you, John, quoth the Bishop, as he paused from his hearty draught; you keep a cup of good beer in your house. I have not drank any that has pleased me better since I left home. The cup passed next to the Chancellor, and finally came to Priest Bull, who thrust it aside, declaring that it was full of hops and heresy. As to hops, Ro